Making Waves

Crosscurrents in the Study of Nineteenth-Century Art

Edited by Laurinda Dixon Edited by Gabriel P Weisberg

Book cover: Making Waves

Extent: 277, 277 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Art & Art History

Series: XIX: Studies in 19th-Century Art and Visual Culture

Series volume number: 4

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(January 2020)

ISBN: 9782503584409

Price: $157.00

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Making Waves: Crosscurrents in the Study of Nineteenth-Century Art points the way toward futher appreciation and understanding of an era that still resonates strongly in our contemporary culture.


Making Waves: Crosscurrents in the Study of Nineteenth-Century Art honours the life work of Petra ten-Doesschate Chu, who continues to lead the field in the study of the art of the nineteenth century. The twenty-eight essays in this book are authored by some of her many friends, students, and colleagues, including seasoned academics and those at the beginning of their careers; museum professionals and private-sector arts administrators; and American, European, and Chinese scholars. Following Petra Chu’s example, and avoiding opaque theoretical language and extended technical analysis, authors present original ideas, based primarily on the study of objects and their documented historical contexts. Though their methodologies are diverse, their purposes are clear and their language straight-forward. The essays thoughtfully and respectfully address the solid reality of the nineteenth century in all of its complex (and sometimes repugnant) sensibilities. They disrupt traditional art historical categories and methodologies, and highlight topics that have been long ignored and overlooked. Making Waves demonstrates, in no uncertain terms, that art historians still have much to say to each other and to their readers, and that nineteenth-century art has only begun to be explored in all its complexity and variety.

  • Edited by Laurinda Dixon
  • Edited by Gabriel P Weisberg